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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

"Avengers: Age Of Ultron" - 'Ulysses Klaw'

Take another look @ actor Andy Serkis, officially confirmed as Marvel Comics' 'Ulysses Klaw', the 'murderous master of sound' and arch-enemy of the 'Black Panther', from director Joss Whedon's new Marvel Studios' feature "Avengers: Age of Ultron":

"...'Ulysses Klaw' first appears in flashback in Marvel Comics' 'Fantastic Four' #53 (Aug 1966) as a physicist working in the field of applied sonics.

"Designing a sound transducer to convert sound waves into physical mass, Klaw steals the metal 'vibranium' - a substance known to exist only in certain meteoric deposits in the small African nation of 'Wakanda' - to power his device.

"In doing this, Klaw comes into conflict with the Wakandan ruler/superhero 'T'Chaka', whom Klaw murders in cold blood. T'Chaka's adolescent son 'T'Challa', who followed his father to watch him combat the invaders, then attacks Klaw as the 'Black Panther' to avenge his father, maiming him by costing the villain his right hand.

"Courtesy of a vibranium-powered sonic converter, Klaw was converted into a being composed of psionically 'solidified' sound, giving him a somewhat inhuman appearance, with superhuman strength and durability..."

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